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Farewell, Hideki Irabu
Thanks to my (Evander) good friend Phil (d/b/a Dr. Pizza, Pizza Prima, highly recommended, I’m not just saying that) for sharing a ticket to Hideki Irabu’s first game against the Detroit Tigers in 1997, I got to see the phenom … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Detroit Tigers, Frank Tepedino, Hideki Irabu, Literature, New York Yankees
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Unhappy Meals
I (Evander) earlier reported on what may have been the worst call of the season. The San Diego Padres scored a 1-0 win against the Seattle Mariners when home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi lost count of the count, and batter Cameron … Continue reading
Wooden O
It is difficult to believe we are well into the second-half of the baseball season. Some of my (Evander’s) earlier predictions look OK. Others look pretty bad. Of course, we have a lot more season to go. Remember: When the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Catfish Hunter, Literature, Oakland Athletics, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando
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All Things Must Pass
We signed books in Kingston at Half Moon Books as well as Inquiring Minds in New Paltz yesterday, helping (in our small way) to support traditional, fine independent book shops while, at the same time, selling our first Kindle edition … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Podcasts, Yankees
Tagged Joe DiMaggio, Literature
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Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” Every time I (William Van Ornum) hear this line from Simon and Garfunkel I think of a different interpretation. Maybe it’s about lost athletic style and … Continue reading
Posted in Yankees
Tagged Chicago Cubs, Joe DiMaggio, Kerry Wood, New York Yankees, Ron Santo
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Congratulations Derek Jeter on 3,000 Hits
There have been 17,000 men in the big leagues, with literally hundreds of millions sharing this fantasy. Twenty-seven out of the seventeen-grand have amassed 3,000 hits. Until today. In ultra-dramatic fashion, with a mighty home run, Derek Jeter became ballplayer … Continue reading
You Can’t Count on Anything
Something new always happens in baseball. I (Evander) don’t know if this is a first, but I cannot remember it happening. (I do remember this oddity: One of former lifetime home-run champion Hank Aaron’s round-trippers [cricket fans: baseballspeak for “home … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron Maybin, Cleveland Indians, Eric Wedge, Hank Aaron, Literature, Phil Cuzzi, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners
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Josh Hamilton Earns His Golden Sombrero: Christmas Also Is Coming
For cricket fans who may not know or understand the term, the Golden Sombrero concerns a succession of “hitting” failures within a single game: The batter in question strikes out at least four times. Josh Hamilton was the 2010 American League’s … Continue reading
Peter Falk and Derek Jeter: Just One More Thing, Ma’am
It’s been a tough news day. First, it was reported that Yankees superstar Derek Jeter’s quest for the magical number of 3,000 hits in his career (he is six shy; cricket fans, out of 17,000 players who have made it … Continue reading
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